Napier Coatail Departures

[CajunEXPRESS]

It definitely sucks but it’s the price of success. Napier hired great coaches and took young off-firld personnel guys/gals, and developed them.

CMD has to be his own guy. If he was only the right guy bc the staff stayed in place, then he wasn’t the right hire.

He will go out and hire people he trust to do things his way.

Well I’m sure CMD is more than capable of doing exactly what needs to be done. Still I believe that Billy took way more people than the average fan thought he would. The thing is we probably had an inferiority complex. Not actually thinking that our little staff was so big time talented.

[LaCajunsFan]

It definitely sucks but it’s the price of success. Napier hired great coaches and took young off-firld personnel guys/gals, and developed them.

CMD has to be his own guy. If he was only the right guy bc the staff stayed in place, then he wasn’t the right hire.

He will go out and hire people he trust to do things his way.

Agreed. I had no doubt that BN would 'rob us blind' once he made the move, and I don't begrudge him one bit for it. But it does sting.

But I also believe that this will be the first real test for CMD, and it will a tough one for him. I think he will do a good job, but am not counting on repeating quite the success that BN had with this, at least in the short run. Hope I am wrong.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I’m allowed to be unrealistic. I’m a fan.

[fpc4life99]

It seems like everyday someone is leaving. I know the goal was to keep as much of the staff as possible for continuity, but it seems like we don't have many remaining.

[Turbine]

Dynasties are so hard to maintain.

[JamesTheJeweler]

It seems like everyday someone is leaving. I know the goal was to keep as much of the staff as possible for continuity, but it seems like we don't have many remaining.

Especially with the talking point of "we arent starting from scratch, we're just continuing what we have"
Well, with each passing day, we actually are nearly starting over.

[Clutch0364]

It seems like everyday someone is leaving. I know the goal was to keep as much of the staff as possible for continuity, but it seems like we don't have many remaining.

It’s more about keeping the organizational structure in place. Des knows what he needs to fill and he will fill it with his people that he trust to do the job he needs done.

[CajunEXPRESS]

You believe he’s been napping all the years he’s been here? I’m going to not worry about the unknowable. He certainly seems confident in his vision and ability to bring it to fruit.

[LaCajunsFan]

How many connections did BN have as compared to CMD? Although I bet MD made quite a few of his own over these last 4 years.

There are lots of questions about how this will all shake out, but in the end, I trust that BN knew MD enough to recommend him, and of course, that Dr. Maggard has faith in him as well. I have no doubt we will be fine.

[Clutch0364]

It’s about getting the right coaches though. Big names don’t really matter.

One of the coaches Napier took with him he hired from Sam Houston State. One of the personnel guys he got from Central Arkansas and others were guys he built up from interns.

Des will have to do the same.